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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly 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 quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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