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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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