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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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