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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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