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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take 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. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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