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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp these open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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