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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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