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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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