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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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