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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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