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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily 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 many topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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