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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always 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 quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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