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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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