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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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