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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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