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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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