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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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