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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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