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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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