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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always 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 many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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