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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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