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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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