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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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