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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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