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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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