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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly 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 many topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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