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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically 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 a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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