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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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