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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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