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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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