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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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