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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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