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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 many subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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