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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are generally 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 many issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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