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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the key 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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