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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are 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 a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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