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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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