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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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