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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC 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 variety of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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