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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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