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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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