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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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