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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly 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 a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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