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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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