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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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