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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are 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 several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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