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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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