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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are generally 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 a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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