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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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