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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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