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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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