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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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