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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally 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 a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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