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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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