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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free 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 numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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