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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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