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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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