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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly 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 numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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