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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students 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 many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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