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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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