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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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