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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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