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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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