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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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