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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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