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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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