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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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