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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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