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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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