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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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