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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always 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 a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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