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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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