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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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