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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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