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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually 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 issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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