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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 distance learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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