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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. 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. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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