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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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