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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically 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 a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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