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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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