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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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