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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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