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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily 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 a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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