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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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