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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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