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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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