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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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