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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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