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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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