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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning make it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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