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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners 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 several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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