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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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