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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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