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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students 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 several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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