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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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