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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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