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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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