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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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