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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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