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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free but do not 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 numerous issues that online education organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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