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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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