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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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