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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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