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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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