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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students 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 elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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