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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores 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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