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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free 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 online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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