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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning enable humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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