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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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