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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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