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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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