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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning enable humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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