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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. 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 subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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