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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the sensational 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 new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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