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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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