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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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