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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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