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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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