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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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