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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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