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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. 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. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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