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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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