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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are typically 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 issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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