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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology enable humans all around the world to take 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 MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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