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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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