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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology enable students all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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