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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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