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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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