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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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