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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free 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 quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better understand these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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