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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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