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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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