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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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