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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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