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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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