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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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