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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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