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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online education institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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