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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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