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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we 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 MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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