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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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