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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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