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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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