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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates 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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