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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies 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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