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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily 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 many topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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