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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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