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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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