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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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