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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free 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 several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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