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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning are empowering learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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