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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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