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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes 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 technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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