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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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