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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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