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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses 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 many issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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