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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches 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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