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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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