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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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