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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students 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 online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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