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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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