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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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