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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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