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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for students 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 several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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