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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally 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 quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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