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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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