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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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