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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily 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 subjects that distance learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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