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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants 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. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these important new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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