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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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