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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently 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 e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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