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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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