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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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