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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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