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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Trainers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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