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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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