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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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