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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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