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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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