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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better understand these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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