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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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