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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp these new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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