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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily 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 many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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