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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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