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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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