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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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