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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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