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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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