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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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