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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. 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 courses are mostly free for learners 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 quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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