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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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