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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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