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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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