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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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