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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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