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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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