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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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