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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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