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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. 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. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Anguilla to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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