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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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