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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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