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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are considering now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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