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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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