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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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