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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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