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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students 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 a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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