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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always 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 variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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