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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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