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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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