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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally 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 a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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