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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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