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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students 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 elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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