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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily 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 several issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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