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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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