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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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