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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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