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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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