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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free 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 numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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