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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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