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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses 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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