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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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