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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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