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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses 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 a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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