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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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