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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are normally 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 subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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