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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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