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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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