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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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