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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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