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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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