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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. 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. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend these open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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