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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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