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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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