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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important 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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