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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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