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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. 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 MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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