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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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 massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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