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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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