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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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