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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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