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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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