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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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