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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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