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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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