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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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