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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews 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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