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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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