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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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