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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for students 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 subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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