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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education enable students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always 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 distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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