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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free 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 a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like India to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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