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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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