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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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