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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are considering now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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