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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free 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 variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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