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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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