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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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