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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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