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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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