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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally 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 a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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