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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. 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 ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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