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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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