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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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