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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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