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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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