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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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