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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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