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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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