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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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