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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily 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 quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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