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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC courses? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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