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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education enable students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily 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 issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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