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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally 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 a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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