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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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