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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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