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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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