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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically 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 subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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