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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 several subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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