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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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