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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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