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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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