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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand these new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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