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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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