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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 variety of issues that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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