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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free 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 elearning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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