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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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