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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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