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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating 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 thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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