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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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