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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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