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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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