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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed 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 in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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