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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in 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 massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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