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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily 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 a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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