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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners 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 subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational initiatives. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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