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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle 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 institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to understand these new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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