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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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