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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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