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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the 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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