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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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