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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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