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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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