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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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