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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free 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 numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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