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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners 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 a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational undertakings. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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