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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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