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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically 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 many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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