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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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