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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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