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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning have enabled students all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important 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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