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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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