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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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