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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning enable humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also researches the most important 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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