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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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