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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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