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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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