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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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