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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology enable students all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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