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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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