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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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