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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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