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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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