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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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