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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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