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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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