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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have empowered students all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are free 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 topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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