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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners 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 many subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand these open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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