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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand these open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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