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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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