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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational ventures. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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