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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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