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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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