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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these open education ventures. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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