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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses 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 variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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