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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are empowering learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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