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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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