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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually 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 a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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