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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 several topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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