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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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