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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education enable learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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