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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually 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 quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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