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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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