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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores 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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