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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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