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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology enable students all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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