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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in 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 usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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