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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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