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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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