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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes 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 online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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