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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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