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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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