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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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