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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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