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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition