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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always 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 distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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