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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes 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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