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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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