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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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