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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning enable people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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