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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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