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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the most important 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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