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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily 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 online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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