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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning 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 we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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