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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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