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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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