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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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