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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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