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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the 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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