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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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