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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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