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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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