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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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