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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are enabling learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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