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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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