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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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