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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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