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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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