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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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