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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in classes online. 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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