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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning enable learners all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are generally 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 a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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