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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. Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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