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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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