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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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