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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are enabling humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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