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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are 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 a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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