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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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