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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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