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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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