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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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