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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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