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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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