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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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