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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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