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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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