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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 several issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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