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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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