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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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