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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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