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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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