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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically 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 many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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