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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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