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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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