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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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