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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology enable students all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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