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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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