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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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