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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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