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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are almost always free for students 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 online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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