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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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