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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning technology enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not 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 learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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