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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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