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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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