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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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