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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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