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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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