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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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