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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily 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 a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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