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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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