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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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