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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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