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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies 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 educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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