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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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