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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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