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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always 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 e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews 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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