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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 elearning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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