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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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