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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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