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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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