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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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