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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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