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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies 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 institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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