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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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