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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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