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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses 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 issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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