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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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