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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education are empowering students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally 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 institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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