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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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