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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses 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 online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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