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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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