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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners 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 learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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