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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally 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 a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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