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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning enable humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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