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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in 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. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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