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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology enable learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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