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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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