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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free 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 several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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