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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are generally 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 several subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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