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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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