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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to understand these open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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