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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily 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 issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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