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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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