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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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