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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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