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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are 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 several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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