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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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