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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have 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 participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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