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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to understand these important new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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