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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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