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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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