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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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