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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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