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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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