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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are generally 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 quite a few topics that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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