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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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