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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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