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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also researches the most important 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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