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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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