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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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