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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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