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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. 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. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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