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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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