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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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