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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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