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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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