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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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