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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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