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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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