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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have enabled students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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