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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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