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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly 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 many subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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