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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC classes? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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