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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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