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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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