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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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