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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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