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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily 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 a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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