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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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