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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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