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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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