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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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