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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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