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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally 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 a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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