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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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