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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews the 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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