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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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