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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Bulgaria to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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