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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are 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 a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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