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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily 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 a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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