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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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