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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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