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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning make it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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