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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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