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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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