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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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