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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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