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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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