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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not 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 having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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