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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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