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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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