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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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