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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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