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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants 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. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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